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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
--> GENUS Molossops
--> SUBGENUS Neoplatymops
SPECIES Molossops (Neoplatymops) mattogrossensis
Author: | Vieira, 1942. | Citation: | Argent. Zool. Sao Paulo, 3: 430. | Common Name: | Mato Grosso Dog-faced Bat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Mato Grosso, Juruena River, São Simao. | Distribution: | Venezuela, Guyana, C and NE Brazil. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Neoplatymops; see Freeman (1981). Listed as a subspecies of Molossops temminckii by Cabrera (1958), but see Peterson (1965a), who considered Neoplatymops a distinct genus. See Willig and Jones (1985). See Emmons (1997) for distribution map. |
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